College Waiter

Why work at Caius?

Benefits include:

• Generous pension scheme; 14.5% employer contributions and 3x death in servicebenefit
• Healthcare cash-plan
• 33 days of annual leave (including public holidays)
• Cycle-to-work scheme (scheme rules apply)
• Parking (subject to availability)
• College gym
• Lunch on site

The role

The College Dining Services invites applications for a Full-time College Waiter position, to work in all aspects of food service delivery within the College. As a valued Dining Services team member, you will work with both permanent and casual members of staff to provide a high level of service to the College and its guests, including student dining, College feasts, staff food, weddings, conference business and special dinners. The College’s busy catering department serves a varied style of food daily to students, staff, Fellows and guests. You will have some experience in customer service as well as some knowledge of food service with a keen desire to provide great hospitality, have good attention to detail and the ability to provide all types of services in a friendly and welcoming manner.

This is a permanent, full-time role, 40 hours per week with a variable weekly rota which will include daytime, evening and weekend shifts. The salary for the post is £24,960 per annum.

The College

Gonville & Caius College is one of the largest Colleges in the University of Cambridge. It is an educational charity, and its mission is to provide a place of education, religion, learning and research, in conjunction with the University that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard.

The College is an academic community comprising some 530 undergraduate students, 250 graduate students, and 110 Fellows (lecturers, professors and other senior academic researchers and teachers) and almost 200 staff.

Further Information

• Equality of opportunity; the College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all sections of society.
• Entry into a position with the College will be determined by the application of criteria related to the duties of the post. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
• During the application process, candidates are requested to complete the Equality & Diversity section as part of our Equal Opportunities Policy and monitoring process. The contents of this form will not be disclosed to the selection or interview panels, and all applicant data is managed in accordance with our data protection policy.
• The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
• In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.

The application process

To view the job description and apply, please click ‘apply’.

• NB: we advise using a desktop to complete your application form, and Chrome or Edge as the recommended browser.
• The closing date for applications is 12 noon BST on Thursday 29^th August 2024.
• You are encouraged to make an early application as the vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.
• For your application to be considered it MUST be complete, include an up-to-date CV and details of 2 referees, one of whom should have detailed knowledge of your ability in relation to the requirements of the role.

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